A former real estate broker faces up to 80 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to four counts of wire fraud. So reports the Jacksonville (Fla.) Daily Record.

Real estate brokerage Compass has acquired Seattle-based fintech startup Modus in a move that ramps up competition with Redfin and Zillow. So reports The Seattle Times.

Criminal charges are off the table for upstate New York real estate developer Robert Morgan in what prosecutors alleged was a mortgage fraud scheme involving hundreds of millions of dollars. So reports the Rochester, N.Y. Democrat and Chronicle.